Jul 28, 2021

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NewsBreak Axes Creator Base Pay

Goodbye free money

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NewsBreak announced today that it’s changing the way it pays content creators. In an email, it says that starting August 1 there will be no more base pay or CV rating system. (Apparently writers have been gaming the rating system to make more money.) Instead creators will earn a monthly payout based on revenue generated from published stories.

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